At-a-Glance
Deltek Open Plan Features
Deltek Open Plan is an enterprise project management system
that substantially improves an organization’s ability to complete
multiple projects on time and on budget. With multi-project
analysis, critical path planning, and sophisticated resource
management, Deltek Open Plan offers the power and flexibility
to serve the differing needs of business, resource, and project
managers.
Program Management
• Resource pools shared across multiple projects
• Resources optionally reserved (all or in part) for specific
projects
• Code and calendar definitions shared across projects
• Resource leveling across multiple projects (either as a multiproject or separately using the summary usage option)
• Priorities assigned at the project and/or activity level
Project Planning
• Support for hierarchical projects with subprojects
Resource Management
• Up to 2 billion activities per project (limited only by memory)
with unlimited projects
• Resource scheduling and leveling for time-limited and/or
resource-limited schedules
• FS, SS, SF and FF relationships with positive, negative and
percentage lags
• Option to assign resources automatically based on availability
and definition of pool or skill required
• As-soon-as-possible (ASAP) and as-late-as-possible (ALAP)
scheduling
• Support for user-defined priority rules
• Floats are calculated for both relationship and activity to allow
tracing of controlling tasks
• 90 user-defined hierarchical or flat code fields
• Unlimited hierarchical calendars per project with up to 10
shifts per day
• Ability to assign calendars to individual activities, relationships
and resources
• User-defined and seven predefined spread curves for
resource profiling and resource loading
• Ability to split, stretch and reprofile activities for resource
scheduling
• Progressing by actual dates, expected finish, elapsed duration,
remaining duration, percent complete and resource status
• Notes available on projects and activities, resources and
resource files and codes and code files
• Email Advisor for automatic emails with an option to set
predefined notification conditions
• Resource management wallchart and resource utilization
chart
• Supports resource types of labor, material, subcontract and
other direct costs; additional types (such as equipment) can
be added in the resource breakdown structure or by using
user-defined fields
Briefcasing
• Ability to check out a project for exclusive use on a laptop or
for off-site work
• Checked-out project locked to other users
Views and Formatting
• Histogram, barchart, network, breakdown structure and
outline views and reports
• Automatic placement, zoning and time-phasing in network
view
• Logic trace facilities in network view
• Interactive building of hierarchies with drag-and-drop
Multi-User Capabilities
• User-defined bar types and styles with multiple bars allowed
for each activity in barchart view
• Exclusive, shared and read-only modes for data access
• Manual and automatic scaling of linear and non-linear date
scales on barcharts and histograms
• Simultaneous updating of data
• Shared access to common auxiliary files
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• Large library of standard symbols, plus the ability to import
custom symbols
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Integration
• Integration with Deltek Cobra™
• Native integration with Microsoft Project®
98/2000/2002/2003
• Utility to import native Primavera P3® Btrieve files
• Script-based general import/export feature allows easy
integration with other systems
• Support for XML, CSV and fixed data exchange formats
• API allows easy integration with standard office tools like
Microsoft Excel®
Cost Control
• Budget, Actual, Estimate to Complete, Earned Value and
Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled by Labor, Material,
Other Direct Costs and Subcontract
• Support for resource cost escalations
• Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB) used for budget
cost information
• Physical percent complete by activity or resource assignment
for earned value
• Cost and schedule variances and indices
• Cost breakdowns and summaries by code fields
WebWindows
• Standard WebWindows (such as Resource Management
Wallchart and Resource Utilization Chart) with source
provided
User Interface
• Standard WebWindow linking to Deltek Cobra
• Spreadsheets with outlining (expand/collapse) for quicker
data entry
• Ability to develop custom WebWindows using Web or
Windows® technologies to integrate with other systems
• Explorer®-style interface for easy management of large
amounts of data
• Context-sensitive Help
• Ability to open existing Web pages within Deltek Open Plan
• Global edits and user-defined data roll-up
Risk Management
Customization and Flexibility
• Mean and standard deviations for early dates, late dates and
float
• Three-point estimates for any or all activities
• Normal, beta, triangular and uniform curve distribution types
• Criticality index calculation for each activity
• Histogram, barchart and spreadsheet risk views
Web Publishing
• Extensive customization possible via scripting languages such
as JavaScript and HTML, Visual Basic and Visual Basic for
Applications, or using mainstream development languages
like C++
• Documented Application Programmer Interface (API)
• Ability to add modifications to existing database structure
• Many options for graphical customization of schedule data
• Ability to act as OLE 2.0 Automation server
• XML web reports generated and immediately viewed with a
single click for easy dispersal on the web or company intranet
• Ability to import standard Windows Metafiles (WMFs and
EMFs) as custom barchart symbols and logos
• XML Crosstab Export utility creates a single file with timephased resource quantity and project cost information for
drill-down reporting on the web
• API allows access to core processes and dialogs as well as
viewing and updating of data
• Ability to run in batch mode for reporting on several projects
simultaneously
Deltek (Nasdaq: PROJ) is the leading global provider of enterprise software and information solutions for professional services firms and government
contractors. For decades, we have delivered actionable insight that empowers our customers to unlock their business potential. Over 14,500 organizations
and 1.8 million users in approximately 80 countries around the world rely on Deltek to research and identify opportunities, win new business, optimize
resources, streamline operations, and deliver more profitable projects. Deltek – Know more. Do more.® deltek.com
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